Happy 50th Anniversary!: Larry and Madelyn Pickford

Saturday , May 05, 2018 - 10:00 PM

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Larry and Madelyn (Van Wagoner) Pickford were married April 11, 1968, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Madelyn grew up in Midway, Utah, and is a graduate of Wasatch High School and Brigham Young University. She taught Home Economics at Ben Lomond High School and later worked for Intermountain Health Care.

Larry grew up in North Ogden, Utah, and is a graduate of Weber High School and Weber State University. He served a mission in Australia. He taught at Burch Creek and North Park Elementary in the Weber School District for 33 years, retiring in 2000. He started and grew Pickford's Yard Care business to help their sons learn how to work and help others.

They lived in South Ogden for five years then moved to their home in Roy, UT.

They have two sons, Todd (Jennifer), and Jared (Natalie); and six wonderful grandsons: James and Thomas, twins, Dega and Myles, and twins, Axel and Chase

They celebrated their anniversary with a family dinner at Black Bear Diner in Ogden.